Poderosa Ranch

Fred Grover | June 24, 2011

Howdy Ya’All! It has been awhile since I made a post and I am sorry for that. I have been rather busy and occupied lately. I am planning on uploading some free videos to start teaching how to use Camtasia Studio 7 from Beginning to End. Let me know if there are things you would like to learn and thanks for viewing this site today.

TechSmith is having a great event coming up soon called Screencast Camp. No worries, you do not need a huge checkbook for this event. Just some camping stuff unless you want to stay in a Motel/Hotel.

The first Screencast Camp will be held August 12 – 14, 2011 at TechSmith headquarters in Okemos, Michigan. There is no charge to attend, but you do need to register! All food and drink is provided for you. They even provide you with a nice patch of land to camp on, or there are other lodging options listed on the Essential Info page.

Learn more here and register today if you would like to attend. Spots are going fast. You can find out more information by visiting screencastcamp.com

I am going if nothing gets in my way. Register today and there is no charge. Heck, TechSmith is even covering the food and beverages for you. Below is a partial of what they had to say and I appreciate the dietary considerations for people who attend this event.

Meals

Your meals and beverages Friday evening through Sunday lunch are free and provided by TechSmith during ScreencastCamp. If you have any dietary restrictions, please be sure to let us know on the online registration form.

What to bring

Tent and tarp
Sleeping bag & pillow
Air mattress
Toiletries
Bug spray
Sunscreen
Change of clothes (yes, you’ll need to be clothed!)
Laptop computer or tablet (we’ll provide the wireless connection)
Smart phone
Power cords
Webcams and mics
Camera

Well, I hope to see you there along with all the other users and screencasters both present and future screencasters of the world.

Thanks from your Ranch Hand Tour Guide

Fred Grover

Ya’All Come Back Now Ya’Hear !

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Jason Clemens | February 28, 2010

Creating a great video tutorial is often the easy part. The difficult part is deciding where to host it. There are many options of course. If you have a web host you can host them there for your website, but are you limited or charged by bandwidth? Will your videos be high demand for viewing? Well I know we hope so and we don’t want to pay an arm and a leg for this either. You can go the free route with YouTube or some of the other sites like this, but will that meet your needs? Techsmith of course has ScreenCast, which you can get a free or paid account with them. Another alternative is using Amazon S3.

Amazon S3 is a low cost hosting solution that I use. It enables me to host large video files, among other things, and is very simple to use. The cost is very low because you are charged pennies vs. dollars for your storage and bandwidth. To use Amazon S3 you will need a program that can access it. A free addon for the FireFox browser called S3Fox Organizer is easy to use like an FTP client. There are other good ones like Bucket Explorer by Chambal, which costs $49.99. Another great product is GoodSync, a software solution that will help you access your Amazon S3 account as well as synchronize files on your network and more. Pro version is $29.95.

To use Amazon S3, just upload your Video files. Videos created with Camtasia Studio have multiple files that go with it. All of these must be uploaded to the same directory or as Amazon S3 calls them “Buckets”. Once the files are uploaded you need to change the Authorization Level (ACL) to at minimum read for everyone. This will allow everyone the ability to watch your video. Then get the url to the html file that was uploaded. This is the url you will give out to your viewers. The method for getting the url is different for each program.

It is that simple.

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Fred Grover | August 30, 2009

This is some of the required free software and items needed for the online training events:

Please download these things and have them installed previous to the training time. If you need any help with this or have questions please feel free to contact us anytime with your questions.

• Skype – Conference calling software. Download this at www.skype.com
• Mikogo PC Version – This is software that can be installed on your computer to take the full advantage of desktop sharing. Download this software at www.mikogo.com (Recommended).

Special Note About Mikigo:

Should you not wish to install this software you can view the the webinar by signing in through the Mikogo website, but some options will be limited. Mikogo has versions for both the Mac and PC. The link for the PC Version is above. The link for the Mac version is here at Mikogo for Mac Users. (Recommended if you are using a Mac).

• A microphone. (Built-In, Headset or Desktop Microphone.) USB is better for sound but, not required. We will be posting more about audio quality and microphone recommendations later.
• Internet Connection – Preferably high speed. (I am assuming if you are reading this post you already have that so, scratch that).

I hope this helps.

Thanks from your Ranch Hand Tour Guides

Fred Grover and Jason Clemens

Ya’All Come Back Now Ya’Hear !

We look forward to you jumping on the stagecoach and joining us for this great event. We will be waiting for you at the station.

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